Here are 5 Lottery Myths Busted
Myth 1.
When you play the lottery you are more likely to be killed by a lightning strike than winning.Although this may be true of some lotteries for the vast majority of them it is not. For instance in a 1997 article in Public Gaming International magazine Iowa Lottery Commissioner Dr. Ed Stanek (his doctorate is in physics) debunked this belief successfully.
In the USA in 1996 ninety-one unfortunate people were struck by lightning and died as a result. However, 1,136 people became million dollar lottery winners, 4,520 won $100,000 or more in American lotteries.
Then there are many , many thousands of players who won over ten thousand dollars.
Myth 2.
The lottery is just a form of tax.Paying taxes is not a choice. It is compulsory. You must pay tax to the government or you will pay back with time incarcerated.
Playing the lottery, on the other hand, is a matter of personal choice. You do not have to play or pay!
Myth 3.
Lotteries target poor people who can’t afford to play.No company targets their product to people who can’t afford to buy it!
People from all walks of life and with differing financial statuses play and win the lottery.
Myth 4.
The only people who get any benefit from playing the lottery are those lucky people who win big!Busting this myth is easy even though it is so strongly ingrained in the public psyche that most people wouldn’t even view it as a myth but consider it to be “simply the truth”.
Not only winners benefit from the lottery. For instance all the big lotteries have some kind of charity donation scheme. In the UK the National Lottery also sponsors many ventures and new business start-ups.
The people who sell you your lottery ticket also get a piece of the pie through commission payments. Lotteries create jobs. Many different types of jobs are created because of the lottery even ones that may not be apparent at first glance. Advertisers get paid for lottery advertisements which helps create and sustain employment.
Buying a lottery ticket and watching to see if your numbers are drawn is also an enjoyable experience for many people and it is certainly worth the small investment it costs.
Myth 5.
The lottery promotes compulsive gambling and is responsible for creating more gamblers.If you have ever had any involvement with some who gambles frequently more than they should then you will know that they have certain addictive personality traits. Almost all addictions have their foundations in mental, emotional and physical causes.
Surveys have shown that gambling addiction is not affected by the presence or the absence of the lottery. Very few compulsive gamblers are satisfied with lottery gambles and seek much more immediate and larger scale bets.
